বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
movement and other spheres in their own right. It will develop the initiative and add to the creativity and inventiveness of our people. It is an account of these features that the community development projects are regarded as the normal pattern of a socialist economy based on democracy in action.
Community development means voluntary self-help by the village communities. Its purpose is to transform the social and economic life of the villages. The basic philosophy underlying the programme is that the social and economic development will not be sustained unless the village people are convinced of the need for such development and participate actively and enthusiastically in the work. The basic problems are to be solved by the villagers themselves. The government agencies will assist the villages communities to satisfy the recognized needs by teaching them new skills, when necessary, by improving upon the existing skills, by bringing advanced technical knowledge to bear on the village needs and by obtaining financial assistance from government funds to support and galvanize the voluntary community effort. The Leadership must come from the people. It partakes the nature of a movement in which the villagers are in the dominant position and the governmental agencies occupying the subordinate ones.
The Community Development Programme is designed to support this voluntary community effort. It consists of a number of schemes each of which falls under one of the following aspects of rural community life.
1. Agricultures
(a) animal husbandry
(b) irrigation
(c) reclamation
(d) better seeds
(e) fertilizers
(f) other inputs
2. Health and rural sanitaries:
(a) Medical facilities
(b) Doctors
(c) Pure drinking water.
(d) Cleaner environment
3. Education
(a) Adult education
(b) Social education
4. Communications
(a) Roads
(b) Bridges and culverts
